Switzerland Sketchbook

The Giovanni Segantini house, Savognin The world famous romantic painter lived in this house from 1886 through 1894. It's interesting not in that it's the only yellow house in town, but that it's not a farm house or associated with a barn, and that it has ornate decorations on it's exterior. For me I was intrigued that it always has birds on the roof, perhaps it is because of it's bright color that they flock to it. I like to think it's the ghost of Segantini that calls the black birds down from the mountains paying silent homage to a landscape that he and I find haunting in it's beauty. Medium:  Stiff pen with watercolor wash

Graubünden, Castle View This is the emblem for the Canton Graubünden. The most Eastern Canton of Switzerland, it is also the most mysterious. With a long valley, the Rheintal, running north to south to three ancient passes it has one of the highest concentration of castles in all Europe. This view is from Savognin towards the north with a castle keep in the small village of Riom. This side valley off the Rheintal serves two ancient passes the Septimer and the Julier. Both dating back to the Roman age and beyond. Often I use Photoshop to add an additional element to a image, in this case I wanted to give this image the feel of an old wood block Medium: Watercolor, pen, colored pencil, Photoshop filter.